ST PERPETUA OF NUMIDIA: ONE OF THE FIRST CHRISTIAN MARTYRS

St Perpetua of Numidia(158-180 AD) is one of the early Christians and one of the first Christians in North Africa to be put to death over her faith.She has been canonized as one of the first Christian martyrs by Roman Catholic Church. Below is the full story as written by the celebrated Ghanaian historian Dr John Coleman DeGraft-Johnson in his highly authoritative seminal work "African Glory: The Story of  Vanished Negro Civilizations."St Perpetua...

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QUEEN (ONI) OLUWO OF ILE IFE: AFRICAN YORUBA QUEEN WHO PAVED THE SOUTHERN NIGERIA CITY OF IFE IN 1000 AD

It is uncommon to hear most people ignorantly claiming blacks or Africans lacked wisdom in science and technology until the Arabs and Europeans came into contact with them. What even makes this assertion so painfully sad and pathetic is when it is comes out of the mouth of a fellow African or a black person. This is what brings me to the issue of one ancient Yoruba Queen called, Oni Oluwo of Ife (c.1000 AD). History remembers her as one development...

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THE ROYAL DRUMMERS OF BURUNDI: DRUMMERS OF PEACE AND ONE OF THE WORLD`S GREATEST PERCUSSION ESEMBLES

"A constant parade of players improvised on the central drum, dancing to the rhythms, leaping or twirling drumsticks in the air or around their necks. It was all a celebration of ability, the sheer pleasure of competitive creativity, and - strikingly similar to what happens in a jazz jam session - more virtuosic than sentimental." —The New York TimesThe Royal Drummers of Burundi, commonly known in recordings as The Drummers Of Burundi, is a unique...

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HUTU (ABAHUTU) PEOPLE: AGRICULTURAL BANTU PEOPLE AND THE LARGEST ETHNIC GROUP IN RWANDA AND BURUNDI

The Hutu people, also known as the Abahutu, are agricultural Bantu-speaking  ethnic group in Central African countries of Rwanda, Burundi, and the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo where they form one of the principal population divisions alongside the Tutsi and the Twa.Hutu woman carrying firewood with her baby on top of her at D R CongoThe Hutu is the largest of the four main population divisions in Burundi and Rwanda and constitute...

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